The forest sounds used in the Ghibli film "Princess Mononoke" were in fact recorded near this area. About an hour's hike from the Chiiwa Valley trailhead, a massive rock formation emerges as you ...

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Finally, at almost 900 metres, we enter the Moss Covered Forest of Princess Mononoke, where in the darkness a cool white mist shrouds us in stillness.

Step inside Japan's forest of Mononoke, hidden in the mountains of Nagano. This beautiful moss-filled forest is closed for nearly half the year and offers a perfect hiking destination in the Japanese ...